Emergency shelter beds provide a transition from street homelessness into housing. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved $7.6 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding to support emergency shelter projects in Riverside County Tuesday, July 11. These dollars will support the development of eight new housing projects located across all five supervisorial districts.The county’s Homeless Action Plan, a five-year timeline that identifies areas to address homelessness, set a goal to increase the number of shelter beds across the region by 25%. With the development of these projects alone, the county will supersede this goal by creating 241 new emergency shelter beds, which is a 28% increase in emergency shelter beds in Riverside County.“We need to create as many opportunities as possible to address the needs of families who are e
